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The Library of Isaac Newton - Couverture souple

Harrison, John

 
9780521101455: The Library of Isaac Newton
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052110145X ISBN 13 : 9780521101455
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

When Newton died in 1727 he left a library of some 2,100 volumes. This was largely a collection of books regarded by him as a set of working tools – several of the well-thumbed surviving items are evidence of this. The books Newton owned are of considerable interest and importance principally to Newtonian scholars and to historians of science, as well as to booksellers, librarians and book-collectors. The library was kept virtually intact until 1920 when more than half the volumes were auctioned and subsequently dispersed. Scholars have hitherto had to rely on the unpublished Huggins List (1727) and Musgrave Catalogue (c. 1766), or on their less than satisfactory transcription issued in 1931. John Harrison has now remedied this deficiency by compiling a complete and comprehensive catalogue of Newton's library.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When Newton died in 1727 he left a library of some 2,100 volumes. This was largely a collection of books regarded by him as a set of working tools – several of the well-thumbed surviving items are evidence of this. The books Newton owned are of considerable interest and importance principally to Newtonian scholars and to historians of science, as well as to booksellers, librarians and book-collectors. The library was kept virtually intact until 1920 when more than half the volumes were auctioned and subsequently dispersed. Scholars have hitherto had to rely on the unpublished Huggins List (1727) and Musgrave Catalogue (c. 1766), or on their less than satisfactory transcription issued in 1931. John Harrison has now remedied this deficiency by compiling a complete and comprehensive catalogue of Newton's library.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052110145X
ISBN 13 
9780521101455
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
308
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ISBN 10 :  0521218683 ISBN 13 :  9780521218689
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1978
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